Thursday, January 20, 2011

Which Conference Title City Offers us the Most?

Anyone can breakdown the football aspects of the Conference Title games, but which city has contributed the most to music, TV, and the movies?  Let's examine some of the highlights for each city.


New York: King Kong! The Original Sci-Fi Thriller!




The Godfather



Saturday Night Fever: Gave John Travolta his start, but sadly also briefly brought back Disco music.



Big: This famous scene with Tom Hanks took place at the NYC FAO Schwarz Toy Store.




Let's begin New York Music with one of its current icons:



Lenny Kravitz




New York City's Most Popular Concert Givers of All Time: Simon and Garfunkel





Pittsburgh: Silence of the Lambs:  Yep Pittsburgh.



Mr. Belvedere:  Where would 1980's family sitcoms be without Pittsburgh?



Mr.Rogers' Neighborhood:  Something for the Kids.



Pittsburgh Music: Bret Michaels: Is this good or bad?  I guess for his skank patrol, Pittsburgh gets a thumbs up!



Speaking of Skank Patrol, also from Pittsburgh....Christina Aguilera



Luckily, Pittsburgh redeems itself with...Mr. Dean Martin!!!!





Chicago:

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: One of my favorite movies of all time spawned this awesome youtube viral song.


The Blues Brothers: Doesn't get any better than this movie/music.


Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Classic John Candy and Steve Martin



My Favortite Chicago based TV show....GOOD TIMES!




Checking in to represent Chicago Musicians...Kanye West.



Billy Corgan







Wisconsin:

Hoop Dreams:  One of the best sports movies you will ever see.  Plus it's TRUE!



Happy Days: The sitcom also spawned another Wisconsin sitcom, Laverne and Shirley.




Back to School:  I bet you didn't know that this Rodney Dangerfield classic was filmed at UW-Madison.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRpUAdI_F_o



Violent Femmes: An excellent punk band,


Steve Miller, Excellent guitarist:

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